13 Related Articles, between 2018-09-22 and 2018-12-05

Custom duties, competition hit Lebanese hope for Syria boon after crossing reopens. 'They are saying the crossing is open. It is just talk,' says Mohamad Abdulrahman al-Bob, a fruit and vegetable merchant >>

Cypriot police rescue 17 Syrian migrants aboard boat. Cypriot police say 17 Syrian migrants who set sail from Lebanon aboard a small craft have declared that they intend to apply for asylum on the east Mediterranean island nation >>

Fifty thousand Syrians returned to Syria from Lebanon this year: official. Fifty thousand Syrians have returned home from Lebanon so far in 2018 and the number could reach 200,000 in a year's time if it continues at this rate, a top Lebanese official said on Tuesday. >>

Fifty thousand Syrians returned to Syria from Lebanon.... By Laila BassamBEIRUT, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Fifty thousand Syrians have returned home from Lebanon so far in 2018 and the number could reach 200,000 in a... >>

Innocent children of Syria are going home to land they have never seen. More than 300 people displaced by the nation's seven-year civil war set off on their journey across dusty mountain tracks from the remote border town of Arsal in Lebanon. >>

Lebanese politician's stand-off with Hariri spirals. A stand-off between Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a pro-Syrian politician escalated on Saturday when shots were fired while police sought to bring the politician in for questioning over accusations of stirring strife. >>

Lebanon claims it foiled attacks on holy places and army positions. Lebanon foiled a plot by militants based in Syria to carry out two attacks this year against places of worship and Lebanese army positions. >>

Lebanon minister: Syrian abuses slow return of refugees. A Lebanese Cabinet minister says some Syrian refugees who have returned home from Lebanon have been killed, detained or forced to join the military, leading to a slowdown in the return of Syrians residing in Lebanon >>

Pro-Syrian Lebanese politician urges calm after aide killed by gunfire. A pro-Syrian Lebanese politician urged calm on Sunday after one of his aides was killed by gunfire during a police attempt to bring him in for questioning over accusations of stirring civil strife. >>

Syrian refugee challenges therapy stigma. By Yara Abi NaderBEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Hana al-Ali broke a stigma when she opened up to a therapist about the strains she faced as a... >>

The balance of deterrence preserving quiet on the northern front. The Shi’ite militia has managed to forge an equilibrium after the 2006 war that allows it to grow stronger in southern Lebanon and act freely in Syria: they have no interest in upsetting the balance at this time >>